A leaked internal memo posted on X shows Correctional Service Canada (CSC) is rolling out a new “harm reduction” supply program in federal prisons that includes paper straws for snorting drugs, foil for smoking them, and rapid test strips to check for fentanyl, benzodiazepines and xylazine — all handed directly to inmates by Health Services staff.
The internal FAQ document, dated April 2026 and set to take effect Monday, September 21, lays out exactly what the Liberal government is now supplying behind bars:
- Paper straws, described as “biodegradable” and intended for “inhaling substances in powdered form or inhaling vapour from heated substances”
- Foil, specifically manufactured “for smoking substances” and reportedly thicker than the ordinary household kind
- Drug-testing strips for fentanyl, benzodiazepines and xylazine, so inmates can check the potency of their illegal drugs before using them
According to the memo, inmates are allowed to keep up to three pieces of foil, two paper straws, and two of each type of drug-testing strip in their cells at any time and handwritten notes on the document suggest these limits aren’t even strictly enforced, with one annotation reading “not one in one out just garbage.”
